10 Years Later, The Order: 1886 Is Still Stupid, Compelling, and Kinda Fun

Since 2006, PlayStation has prided itself on big, cinematic first-party titles that justify your console purchase, and when they hit, they hit. Over the years, several internal studios have delivered blockbuster franchises like God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, and The Last of Us. But spare a thought for the ones that didn’t make the cut: for whatever reason, they just didn’t resonate or hit desired benchmarks, and now remain as odd one-offs with a niche fanbase that loves it for what it was and could’ve further been. This is the category The Order: 1886 falls into. Developed by the now-closed Ready at Dawn, the PlayStation 4 game came out on February 20, 2015, and was the studio’s first original work after it’d spent years making God of War and Jak & Daxter spinoffs on the PlayStation Portable. At the time, this and FromSoftware’s Bloodborne were the only non-sequel major exclusives Sony had on hand, and both looked to offer something distinct from the present day antics of Infamous: ... Read full article.